Actor
David Canary
August 25, 1938 · Elwood, Indiana, USA
David Hoyt Canary (August 25, 1938 – November 16, 2015) was an American actor. Canary is best known for his roles as ranch foreman "Candy" Canaday in the Bonanza beginning in its ninth season, and as Adam Chandler in the television soap opera All My Children, for which he received 16 Daytime Emmy Award nominations and won five times.
In his youth, Canary was a star football player and was drafted as a lineman in the inaugural 1960 AFL draft by the Denver Broncos. Instead, he opted to pursue acting. Early roles included Russ Gehring in the primetime soap opera Peyton Place and Lamar Dean in the 1967 Western film Hombre. Canary's most notable stage performance was on Broadway in the original production of Tennessee Williams's Clothes for a Summer Hotel, starring Geraldine Page. A baritone, he also appeared in musical stage roles in shows such as Kismet, Man Of La Mancha, The Fantasticks, Sweeney Todd and Carousel, along with dramatic performances in The Seagull, Macbeth, and Clarence Darrow.
Notable work
Often works with
Victor Sen Yung
2 titles together
Bonanza, Kung Fu
Bing Russell
2 titles together
Bonanza, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Frank Silvera
2 titles together
Hombre, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Cesar Romero
2 titles together
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Alias Smith and Jones
Richard Bakalyan
2 titles together
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Bruce Dern
2 titles together
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Posse
Full filmography · 31
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as White Haired Man at Park
20008
Remember WENN
as Luke Langly
1996
Touched by an Angel
as Carter Winslow
19947.2
Law & Order
as Jeremy Orenstein
19907.3
American Playhouse
as Bingham
1982
The Dain Curse
as Jack Santos
1978
S.W.A.T.
cast
19757.1
Police Story
cast
19737
Kung Fu
as Frank Grogan
19727.7
The Rookies
cast
19726.9
Alias Smith and Jones
cast
19717
All My Children
as Adam Chandler
19706.4